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  Above: 2023 Comrades Down run to Durban The Final Stretch: Running Through Pain, Toward Glory There are moments in life when the body is failing, the mind is clouded, and all that keeps you moving is something far deeper—something eternal. That was my reality as I approached the final kilometers of the 2025 Comrades Marathon. And today, I want to share that experience alongside a memory from over twenty years ago—a time when the finish line looked very different, but the spiritual lesson was just as profound. A Road Marked by Pain The last 7 kilometers of Comrades 2025 were like a desert—scattered with runners who had collapsed from exhaustion. Some lay flat on the hot tar, others slumped against walls, broken by the journey. I knew the danger of stopping. My legs trembled. My balance disappeared whenever I paused. Only forward motion, no matter how slow, kept me upright. I needed to average 8 minutes per kilometer in those final moments, but my body was moving at double that...

  walking on the Ultra What would you choose? Would you remain without food for 48 hours (you are allowed coffee and tea with milk, but no sugar and electrolytes) or would you run or walk 88km within 12 hours? Running for 12 hours? I managed to complete my ten Comrades Ultra Maraton on Sunday 11 June 2023. It seems easy if you type it in one line, but it was not easy. I started off at a fair pace and kept up with the pre race plan. I took a huge shake with much extra carbohydrates in the mixture shortly before the race started. I had three more snacks to eat and then,,, the almost unthinkable happened... I could not stomach any of the supplies that I packed and that I carried with me. I started eating one chocolate protein bar and battled to chew it and battled even more to swallow it. The body just refused. I could not understand why this was happening. My nutrition the previous day was fine. I was used to the type of shake I took early.  I was running out of energy and then ...

In 1997 as I was crawling on the bathroom floor of a hotel in Orlando suffering from kidney stones, I vowed that I would have a healthy life. After the kidney stones were removed, I started using Herbalife that my sister Christa introduced me to. I also suffer from ankolysing spondilitis. I dropped 5 kg over the first three months including the holiday time where I would normally pick up weight. I lost a further 22 kg. During this time, I would wake up at night and go to the mirror to check if the weight was still gone – I could not believe it. Two years later I ran my first Comrades Marathon – a lifelong dream. I have done several long-distance runs – including a 100 km on June 16, 2008, to focus attention on poverty eradication. My spondilitis is under control and I have not had another kidney stone. I have lots of energy and I believe now that anything is possible!  Products: Formula 1, 2, 3, Fiber & Herb, NRG, Herbal concentrate, Roseox, Aloe, Joint support, Herb...